Mega 180: problems with startup

Hello everyones, im not good at english, but im trying.
well, here is the point:
I just had bought an msi mega 180, and put some things inside in it:
amd athlon xp 2400+
2 x 256 DDR dimm pc2700 333mhz
maxtor 120 gb
msi cd-r/rw cr52-a2
the promblem is:
when i connect the power cord, the "pc" turn it self off after 2 seconds. the "standby-modus" with the clock and stuff is up and going, and the hifi stereo desplay is working (i havent check the sound).

My apologies of this has been covered already, and sorry to jump on back of this thread!
Recently bought a Mega 180 and connected all components and went to start her up for the first time and was immediately hit with a screen displaying thick vertical gray bars with thin balck bars separating them.
If I hit the reset or the power button the screen just changes to vertical colour bars but not uniform colour - sporadic pixels.
I did the obligatory checks to make sure it wasn't one of my components:
1) Checked with alternative RAM and CPU
2) Checked each RAM and CPU configuration in different system
3) Cleared CMOS and repeated checks
and I still get the same error (on either of the display outputs).
Is there any way I can sort this out or am I going to have to send it back and get another one (I can't figure out anyway of avoiding this yet). Will supply any info if needed.
Thanks!

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MEGA 180 problems and fix

Can anyone help me with this :-
right ive tried the bios setting n every option and sometime is gets to the winXP logo @ boot in colour sometimes but then it goes bak to black & white straight after :S
ive also tried evert setting on the Nvidia TVout setting/control panel.
is there a hardware jumper on the system anywhere that i could be missing?
could you please let me know what drivers you use, i've tried new drivers from nvidia but still no joy.....
MSI MEGA 180 AMD Deluxe
AMD Athlon 1900+
768 MB DDR333
Standard Power Supply
Seagate Barracuda 7200 60GB Hard Disc
LG CD-RW

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Originally posted by cocoe
Can anyone help me with this :-
right ive tried the bios setting n every option and sometime is gets to the winXP logo @ boot in colour sometimes but then it goes bak to black & white straight after :S
ive also tried evert setting on the Nvidia TVout setting/control panel.
is there a hardware jumper on the system anywhere that i could be missing?
could you please let me know what drivers you use, i've tried new drivers from nvidia but still no joy.....
MSI MEGA 180 AMD Deluxe
AMD Athlon 1900+
768 MB DDR333
Standard Power Supply
Seagate Barracuda 7200 60GB Hard Disc
LG CD-RW
I've performed the same problem.... and i'm trying to solve it definitively.
The TV out sometime gives color and sometime not.
I've checked the bios setting. I'll try now with "wrong" setting.
As i'll find a solution i'll post it.

Mega 180 problems - definitive list.

Folks - I thought it might be worth starting a single thread for capturing all the problems being experienced with the Mega 180.
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The remote control isn't working for anything other than volume in PC mode.
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I couldn't pick up TV channels because I had changed my input from 'Cable' to 'Antenna'. Although I am using an antenna, the card is only picking up signals on the 'Cable' setting.
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